Washbasin.



I. G. BRYANT.

WASHBASIN.

AHLLQATION Hmm JULY 5. 1911.

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JOI-IN C. BRYANT, 0F FAYETTEVILLE, TENNESSEE.

WASI-IBASIN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 5, 1911.

Patented Dec. 10,1912.

Serial No. 636,830.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN C. BRYANT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Fayetteville, in the county of Lincoln and State ofTennessee, have invented new andl useful Improvements in Washbasins, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in wash basins and particularlyto means provided by the said basin whereby the outlet opening of thebasin may be closed or opened without necessitating the insertion withinthe basin of the hands of the person using the basin.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a basin with a valveor plug which shall be of an extremely simple construction, which shallbe cheap to manufacture, which can be applied to any ordinary basin, andwhich is thoroughly eective.

With the above objects in View, and others which will appear as thenature of the description progresses, the invention resides in the novelconstruction and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described andclaimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a top plan view of a basin provided withthe improvement. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view uponthe line 2 2 of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a detail transverse sectional viewupon the line 3 3 of Fig. 1.

The basin 1 may be of any ordinary or desired construction, the samebeing centrally formed with the outlet opening 2, with which isconnected the drain plate 3. The wall provided by the opening 2 isadapted to serve as a seat for the valve or plug, which will presentlybe set fort-h. The inner face -of the basin adjacent its outlet opening2 is provided with a depression 4, and within this depression is securedin any desired manner a plate 5, the said plate having one of its ends,and that adjacent the opening 2, bent or rounded and cent-rally cut awayto provide butts 6, and between which the rounded end 7 of the operatinglever 8 is received, the butts 6 and the rounded portion 7 receiving asuitable pintle 9 to provide a hinge connection between the plate 5 andthe lever 8. The basin 1 is further provided with depressions 10 and 11,the depression 10 being adapted to receive the curved body of theoperating lever 8 while the depression 11 is adapted to receive theenlarged portion 12 of the lever 8. The lever, as well as its enlargedportion is formed of a single strip of flattened resilient material, andthe flattened enlarged portion 12 has its perimeter preferably rounded.Secured to its enlarged portion is a plug or valve 13, the latter beingconstructed of any suitable compressible material such as leather,rubber o-r the like, so that the same will snugly engage t-he wallprovided by the opening 2 to effectively close the said opening and toprevent the outlet of water when the device is in the positionillustrated in the figures of the drawing. The body of the lever 8 hasits extremity provided with a lip 14, the latter adapted tov engage withthe bead 15 of the basin to effectively sustain the plug 13 upon itsseat as well as to sustain the parts of the lever 8 within theirdepressions. It will be noted by reference to Fig. 2 of the drawingsthat the bead or slab 15 for the basin is provided with a depressionupon both its sides and its top so that the lever 8 as well as its lip14 is at no place arranged above the surface of the basin or of theslab, and as a consequence a free uninterrupted surface is provided. Thedepressions are formed within the basin so that the lever 8 as well asthe plate 4 will not form an obstruction which may be contacted by thehands of the person using the basin, and thereby inflicting an injuryupon the person. The lever 8 beyond this inturned lip 14 is bentoutwardly as at 15, the said bent portion providing a finger holdwhereby the lever may be raised so as to unseat its valve or plug 13 andto allow the water to pass out of the basin.

I-Iaving thus fully described the said invention, what I claim is In adevice for the purpose set forth, a basin provided with a slab, the saidbasin having a water outlet opening, the basin being provided withregistering depressions, a plate within one of the depressions andadapted to be arranged in a plane with the inner surface of the basin, alever cone structed of resilient material pivotally connected with theplate and adapted to lie within the second depression and to be arrangedin a plane with the inner surface of the basin, a valve carried by thelever and engaging within the outlet opening of the basin, the slab forthe basin being provided With a, continuous depression registering withthe last named depressionsof the basin, the outer extremity of the slabbeing beaded, and the lever adapted to conform With the shape of theslab and to occupy the recess provided thereby and to have its extremityformed With an offset nger hold.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature 1n presence of two Witnesses.

JOHN C. BRYANT.

Witnesses:

W. J. SMITH, J. H. CLAXTON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

